Handle



Feb. 27, 1923.,

W. N. RUSSELL.

HANDLE.

FILED OCT. 20, 1920.

I72 067? for Patented Fella 27, l923.

UhlllTltlD VFILLIAll/I N. RUSSELL, OF NEVJ' HiliVEhl, C015 EEWJICUI.

HANDLE.

Application filed October 212), 15*30. Serial No. 418,238.

1 all w 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM N. RUssnLL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles, of which the following is a specif cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in handles referring more particularly to the type of handles used upon doors of motor vehicles.

It is the object of this invention, among other things, to so design and construct the same that the collar associated therewith will permit of a tree rotation of the handle therein without endwise movement, to provide a uniform spring tension upon the col- 20 lar plate, toso design the several parts that they may be economically constructed and assembled to produce a single unitary structure that may be connected to the door with little or no skill.

To these and other ends my invention consists in the handle'having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures:

i igure 1 is an elevation of my improved handle partly in section;

Figure 2 is an end view thereof; and

Figure 3 is a detail view of the split collar.

In the drawings designates the handle from which projects a shank 11, and having a reduced portion 12 provided with an annular groove 13 therein. Mounted on said re duced portion with one face thereof against the shoulder 14 is the collar plate 15 which is provided with screw holes 16 whereby means are provided for suitably securing the ;5 collar plate to a door or similar mechanism.

lVithin said annular groove is the split collar 17, between which and the rear face of the collar plate 15 is a spring plate 18.

The split collar 1'? before it is assembled 0 with the handle (Figure is substantially L shape, the free ends 19 of which are turned inwardly toward each other after the collar has been placed within the annular groove and the same may abut against each other or have an open space 20 therehetween. as shown in Figure 2.

The spring plate 18 tact portions and flat, but occupying dii and joined by an angular portion 23. The plate is preferably positioned so that the smaller contact portion 522 is against one face of the split collar 1'? and the contact portion 21 against one race of the collar plate 15, there being sufficient resiliency in the plate to cause these contact portions to exert a slight tension against the parts which they cngage, thus providing uniform pressure that prevents relative or ;lwise movement of tl e handle within the collar plate 15 but w t rotation thereof.

l Vith a handle as constructed herein amount of the machining of the parts duced to the absolute minimum, the number of parts is. fer-J, and little no skill is required to assemble them, and when assenr bled a unitary structure is produced thr may be installed with assurance of per'f'e operation. 1

l/Vhat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A. handle having a shoulder thereon and an annular groove therein, in combi ation with a cell plate mounted thereon, at said collar plate being shoi in length than the space between the shoulder a groove in the handle, a collar within s annular groove and spring pl s shown has two con- 9 both substantially betwee said collar pla e and collar having two substantially flat faces, one of which is in contact with said collar plate and the other with said collar.

2. The combination .with handle, of collar plate rotatably mountedthereorn5 collar fixed on saio handle against en s movement at point thereon an open space between the collar collar; and a handle and occup J between said collar plate and colla two substantially flat ta as, one of which is in contact with said co lar plate and the other with said collar.

3. In a handle, t combination open space between it and saioL c.- and a spring plate occu: (111"? th space between said split collar and L plate, having two substantially flat one of which is in contact'with said collar yielding member between said collar plate plate and the otherwith said collar. and collar and holdi said -colla' plate 4. A handle having a cylindrical portion, against said shoulder h a spring tension, with an annular groove therein and tei'inisaid'yielding means having two substantially nation therewith of a collar plate rotatable said collar plate and the other with said upon said cylindrical portion, and shorter "collar. in length than so much of said cylindrical In testimony whereof, I have hereunto portion as is between said shoulder and .ailixed my signature.

1O groove, a collar Within said groove, and a WILLIAM N. RUSSELL,

nating at one end in a shoulder, the combifiat faces, one of which is in contact with. 

